Journal
DEVELOPMENTAL SCIENCE
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12685
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- NIDCD [R01 DC002932, T32 DC05359-10, R01 DC012513]
- NICHD [T32 HD049899, P30 HD003352]
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Children learn words by listening to caregivers, and the quantity and quality of early language input predict later language development. Recent research suggests that word recognition efficiency may influence the relationship between input and vocabulary growth. We asked whether language input and lexical processing at 28-39 months predicted vocabulary size one year later in 109 preschoolers. Input was measured using adult word counts from LENA recordings. We used the visual world paradigm and measured lexical processing as the rate of change in proportion of looks to target. Regression analysis showed that lexical processing did not constrain the effect of input on vocabulary size. We also found that input and processing were more reliable predictors of receptive than expressive vocabulary growth.
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